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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by DrBazza on Friday December 29, 2023 @05:59AM (#38803737)
I've wanted to see whether thorium reactors actually work or not. I suspect the lack of interest from western governments is because it isn't very useful for making bombs.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by pfdietz on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:36AM (#38805361)
No, it's because thorium doesn't solve any of the actual problems that are holding back nuclear.
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